diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3e3add18ff34988e9661f97b04f9f47691145d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.DS_Store
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+.virtual_documents